Selenium in ruminant nutrition and health / / Peter F. Surai.

• VerfasserIn: Surai, Peter F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill | Wageningen Academic,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (614 pages)

Selenium (Se) is an essential dietary trace element participating in the regulation of various physiological functions in humans and farm animals through its incorporation into a range of selenoproteins. Low Se content in main feed ingredients is a common problem worldwide and dietary Se supplementa...

Table of Contents

• List of tables and figures
• Notes on the editor
• Part 1: Molecular mechanisms of Se action
• 1 Antioxidant systems in animal body: an update
•   Peter F. Surai and Anton Surai
• 2 Selenoproteins in ruminants: glutathione peroxidases
•   Peter F. Surai and Anton Surai
• 3 Selenoproteins in ruminants: thioredoxin reductases and other selenoproteins
•   Peter F. Surai and Anton Surai
• Part 2: Selenium deficiency and metabolism
• 4 Selenium deficiency in ruminants
•   Athanasios C. Pappas, Alexandros Mavrommatis, Eleni Tsiplakou and Peter F. Surai
• 5 Selenium in feed: organic selenium concept development and its applications
•   Peter F. Surai and Denise Cardoso
• 6 The fate of Selenium in the rumen
•   Mohammed A. Hachemi and Danielle N. Sherlock
• Part 3: Selenium in ruminant nutrition
• 7 Selenium for dairy and beef cattle
•   Swagat Mohapatra and Surinder Singh Chauhan
• 8 Selenium and its effects on the health of sheep and other domesticated ruminants
•   Nicole Moran and Niel A. Karrow
• Part 4: Practical applications of Se
• 9 Selenium, immunity, and disease in cattle
•   William P. Weiss
• 10 Selenium and inflammation: an update
•   Anton Surai and Peter F. Surai
• 11 Selenium, muscle redox status and meat quality in ruminants
•   Mario Estévez and Pierre-Andre Geraert
• 12 Looking ahead: future prospects of Se in ruminant nutrition and health
•   Peter F. Surai.